Star profile
HIP 19011
What is HIP 19011
In the celestial River, Eridanus, flows an orange type-K star 384 light-years away. Its light departed in the seventeenth century, when Newton was meditating on a falling apple at Woolsthorpe and the idea of universal gravitation was born beneath an apple tree. Cooler than the Sun yet more luminous, its copper tone glides along the stellar waters —a serene glow suspended in the river of the sky.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 19011 lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 26° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 37° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 69° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 77° N.
It ranks no. 89 in brightness among the 129 stars of Eridanus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Achernar, the brightest: it lies about 52° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 380 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 19011
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.62
- Distance
- 384.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 61.095° · Dec -12.792°
- Catalogue
- HIP 19011 · HD 25723
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Other stars in Eridanus
Eridanus has 129 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AchernarAlpha Eridani0.45
- CursaBeta Eridani2.78
- AcamarTheta 1 Eridani2.88
- HIP 190955.59
- HIP 186475.61
- HIP 209225.61
- HIP 182625.70
- HIP 195115.70